Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-01-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (573) 898-2880 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.2/100, placing it #4925 of 14703 facilities nationally and #53 of 487 in Missouri. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 34 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $28,704. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $28,704, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 75.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elsberry Missouri Health Care Center ranks 4925th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 53rd out of 487 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,279 nationally and RN hours rank #11,680 nationally (#277 in MO). Our composite quality score of 77.2/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Elsberry, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/elsberry/